Hampden man charged with trafficking over 1,000 bags of heroin

A Hampden man was charged with trafficking heroin after drug agents seized more than a thousand bags of the drug Wednesday in Holden, according to a release from the Holden police and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Peter James “PJ” Tardiff, 30, was in possession of the heroin, which was intended for resale in Penobscot County.

Tardiff also was wanted on an outstanding traffic-related arrest warrant in York County.

Holden police Sgt. Eduardo Benjamin located Tardiff in Holden and took him into custody on the prior arrest warrant. In a search, Benjamin found the heroin, with an estimated street value of over $15,000, and prescription medication in Tardiff’s possession.

Tardiff was charged with Class A Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (Heroin). The charge was aggravated because Tardiff was staying at a location within 1,000 feet of a school.

Tardiff was taken to the Penobscot County Jail and bail was set at $15,000.

Maine State Police assisted in the investigation. More arrests are likely.

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frank abbott

LePage needs a picture of him, but only if he’s black or Hispanic.

Adam_Romero

Even if a few are white natives, line the pictures up side by side, and probably 8 for ten aren’t.

notspot

Silly…he said 90%.

YouGotJunkd

White? Black? Hispanic?
I must know!

Euphoria2012

Good catch.

Joe O’Donnell

Must be part of the 10%

U Vote 4 ME How Dum Can U B

French, like the polyp in the blaine house

Nod Nostrebor

Just more drug trash.

KraziJoe

That brother is awful light…

Junior Sample

Here he is folks, another one of those pesky black drug dealers from Connecticut! Wait, what? Oh, he’s white? Well, errr, he must be from The Bronx, or Connecticut. Wait, what? He’s from Hamden? Errrr, well that alters the numbers. Well hopefully at least he got a white girl pregnant. There is also a picture of another white-looking guy from Farmington that was just arrested for trafficing.
Weird, that doesn’t match up to my trusted goberner’ s latest concocted diatribe. What a horse’s a*s.

KennebunkportPatriot

Horses are unhappy with that comment, you know.

Nog

He wasn’t profiled coming into the state because of his color, only caught after the fact.

KennebunkportPatriot

Wait! Hold on! He is not black! Or Hispanic! He is not from Waterbury, The Bronx or Brooklyn.

He is just like LePage’s son. Wait, LePage has no son.

Anyway, good work Police.

UserInterface

And great timing.

mr618

LePage DOES claim to have a son, but he’s a Jamaican (son of LePage’s golf caddy down there), but was never formally adopted, and basically just rooms with the LePages. A black guy from Jamaica… no, no drug involvement there.

KennebunkportPatriot

Did the young man study in Maine? Did he benefit from reduced in-state tuition?

mr618

I don’t believe so (although I could be wrong). My impression was that he came to the US when he was in his 20s.